- Date
- June 14, 1981
- Place
- Carrizo Sprgs, TX · CARRIZO SPRGS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4042PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810614032359A
- Case key
- 125213
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1754 81/6/14 CARRIZO SPRGS,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 62, 11400 TIME - 1040 N4042P PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIMMIT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARRIZO SPRINGS,TX UVALDE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT TO BE FERRIED W GEAR DWN FOR MAINT.L ENG FAILED,UN TO MAINT ALT WHILE ATMTG RESTART.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4042P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dimmit County
N4042PRegistration cancelled Nov 15, 2012 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4042P · 1
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